Chocolate, pizza, hamburgers. You may laugh at that list. However, I got to eat food I liked. I was very happy to drink a chocolate protein shake every day! The beauty of Nutrisystem is that it takes the pressure and stress out of eating. I didn't have to worry about what I was eating on a daily basis.

Over the years, I have tried many different weight loss programs. Obviously, none of them really did the trick for me since I was well over 200 lbs. (I am only 5'2", so yes, that made me obese). I knew shopping was a nightmare and expensive. I hated it. I thought I was semi-happy. I wasn't. I wanted to be able to keep up with my kids, and at my weight, I really wasn't able too nor did I have the energy to.

I needed something, for once, to be easy. When I started Nutrisystem I set a big huge goal of losing 100 lbs. I lost 76 lbs. in a year. I am currently the weight I was in college. I can play soccer with my kids now. I recently was asked to be part of a fashion show for athletic wear. Let me tell you that people telling you "you look good" makes you feel good about yourself and what you have accomplished… Read more.

Jane, Boston, MA

The big draw for me was the simplicity. I love to cook, but at this season in my life my focus is on growing my business and saving to buy a home. Planning, preparing, and serving healthy meals… I have the energy to do all those things, but I don’t want to do them. I want to spend my precious free time with my family, friends, and significant other, not counting points or weighing food portions.

When I started Nutrisystem, I weighed 169 pounds. At 5’7”, 169 pounds puts me at about a size 10. I now weigh 147 pounds. I lost 22 pounds in 6 months, which is just under a pound a week. This puts me around a size 6.

One of the best things about Nutrisystem for me is that I continually messed up, and it still worked. That, to me, was astounding. I was overall really pleased with the food. There were, of course, meals I didn’t love. The mushroom risotto… just no. The coffee and strawberry shakes were flavorful and delicious, and were a real treat for me during the day.

I’m just a real person who has a busy work schedule, doesn’t love exercising, and wants to come home to a glass of wine instead of a treadmill. On this program, I could still be all those things, PLUS wear my summer jeans! That’s a win… Read the full review of Nutrisystem.

Debi Gerhart, Philadelphia, PA

Nutrisystem helped me be a better mom, a better wife, and a happier person. I joined the program at 186.8 lbs. I am only 5'2. All I could think, was how did I ever get this big. I am sure I blamed it on having 5 pregnancies.

Food was my go to comfort. I would always lose the weight but then it would come back. I would start to eat badly again because most of the diets I would go on were very restrictive. I tried them all. I tried liquid diets, cabbage soup diets. I tried diet pills and shakes and bars. But everything ended up being so restricted, that I always failed to keep the weight off.

Food was my go to comfort. I was unhappy. My body ached. I couldn't go down the slide or fit on the swings. And when we went to the park, all I wanted to do was sit.

Looking at pictures of myself was painful. I would hide behind the camera. Then one day my daughter asked me why I wasn't in any of the pictures. I didn't want to give her any body image issues so I said it was because I was always taking the pictures. But it made me think. Someday my kids will look back and not see pictures of me. They will not see me having fun with them. I didn't want that. I wanted them to see us together, being happy, active and a family. That was it. I knew it was time to get the weight off.

I joined the Nutrisystem’s Women's Success program. All of my favorite foods were on the plan. The weight loss happened pretty easily. I didn't feel like I was on diet.

"I just completed week 4, and as of yesterday, I have now lost over 10 pounds. It's great and I am feeling wonderful. I love the desserts!" Amber is a mom of 4 who tried Nutrisystem for 3 months. She created 3 videos where she gives information about Nutrisystem and her overall experience. Watch Amber's Nutrisystem videos here.